need same advice . any 1 can elaporate?
Essential openings for white and black?
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Anyone have any other suggestions? I was looking more for a list.
May 4, 2015
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Magnesium101 wrote:
Anyone have any other suggestions? I was looking more for a list.
Given your most recent threat, you should ignore openings for a while and get the basics straight first.
May 4, 2015
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When playing against computers and people I find there is a certain set of openings I need to know well so that I don't go astray in the opening. I keep files of my repertoire, generally one file for each opening I commonly encounter. Offhand, the openings I've found I needed to learn are all the well-known openings that have names. Below is a fairly comprehensive list of the openings I've needed to learn to some extent, although of course it depends what your first move is with each color. My first move is 1. e4 and I generally steer for symmetrical positions, so the result is the following repetoire.
AS WHITE, 1. e4
Sicilian Defense
French Defense
Caro-Kann Defense
Pirc Defense
Modern Opening = Robatch Defense
Scandinavian Defense
Alekhine's Defense
Three Knights Game
Philidor's Defense
Damiano's Defense
AS BLACK, copied moves
(A) AGAINST 1. e4
Petroff's Defense
Four Knights Game
King's Gambit
Center Game
(B) AGAINST 1. d4
Queen's Gambit Declined
Colle System
(C) AGAINST 1. c4
Symmetrical English Opening, fianchettoed & non-fianchettoed versions
(D) AGAINST OTHER (rare)
Vienna Game
Zuckertort's Opening
Elephant Gambit
Bird's Opening
1-3 of the first moves for all weird or flank openings (Orangutan, Grob, Gedult, etc.)
I hope that helps. If you open with 1. d4 or prefer an asymmetrical strategy, your repertoire would be very different, but in either case the main openings you need to know are the well-known, named ones that you see as names of entire chapters in opening books. For 1. d4 players that would be the Nimzo-Indian, King's Indian, Queen's Indian, Benoni, etc. Reuben Fine's famous book on openings pretty much mirrors my list above, with one short chapter on each of those named openings. The same with "Modern Chess Openings".
May 5, 2015
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It's best to learn the basic openings that follow the fundamentals of opening play. Avoid the complicated, theoretical stuff.
Openings that follow the Fundamentals of Chess and are the first two you should learn FROM BOTH SIDES!
1. Ruy Lopez
2. Queen's Gambit Declined
Only after you have mastered BOTH of these from BOTH sides should you branch off into more theory-intensive openings like the Najdorf, French, Caro-Kann, Nimzo-Indian, King's Indian, and Grunfeld.
Thank you everybody! This is exactly what I wanted. Just a short list, so I can have some direction in the opening.
This is from the chess.com study plans. Here are the beginner openings. Intermediate has 50 more.
- The Ruy Lopez or Spanish Game
- The Giuoco Piano or Italian Game
- The Four Knights Opening
- The Two Knights or "Fried Liver"
- The Queen's Gambit Accepted
- The Queen's Gambit Declined
- The Queen's Gambit Declined -- Slav and/or Semi-Slav
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Chess Openings Resources for Beginners and Beyond...
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/openings-resources-for-beginners-and-beyond
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell
The part of my game that needs the most improvement is the opening. Can anyone give me a few essential openings for white and a few for black that are easy enough to learn for someone without that much time?